# Tennessee

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/ · frequency rank #5,091

## Definitions
1. A state of the United States.
2. A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
3. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
4. A male given name.
5. A female given name.

## Etymology
From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

## Common misspellings (9)
`etnnessee`, `tenenssee`, `tenessee`, `tennesee`, `tennesese`, `tennesse`, `tennsesee`, `tnenessee`, `ttennessee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tennessee